The Arizona sentinel., 1887-07-16
J. W. DORRINGTON, Proprietor.
NUMBER B.

run the instant the egg wasin the nest, for fear something dreadful would hap pen. Fritz was near by every time, and he grabbed the egg and ran ot with it as soon as ever I left it. Fossil bly, he, too, was afraid fre-crackers would come out of the eggs before he could get them to his hen-house with the green blinds.
 After awhile, when I found that nothing unusual happened to my eggs, felt it was my duty to raise family of chickens. If there is any thing sweeter and dearer than a nestful of baby chickens, I don't know where you will find it. Other hens of my own coop were bringing up the loveliest families-why shouldn't l? So one day just said I would. The first thing was to find place where that awful boy couldn't get at it. l found the incest spot for nest right under the stable, where the straw and chaff had sifted down through. Then 1 went to work to fill it with eggs. 1 had much trouble to keep out of the way of Fritz. and every time he saw me and found there was no egg in my old nest, he said things that I did not understand, and think it was probably more com- fortable for me that did not.
 At last had my nest full of most beautiful eggs, and then 1 determined to stay right with them all the time till I should hear my babies peep their first little peep. Two or three times the thought came to me: What 1t they should really hatch out frightful things like the one Fritz threw at me?" But couldn't believe it possible that my eggs would have so little respect for their mother as to do that.
 The second day that I stayed with my nestful of eggs, l had to leave for a few minutes to get drink and bite to eat. While was out in the yard, who should I see but Fritz poking around in way that made me nerv- ous. As soon as 1 thought he was not looking hurried into the hole that led to my nest, but when I got there what do you suppose found? Fritz had lifted up plank right over the nest, and was taking out the precious eggs.
 '.Ah, ha, Mistress Slyr' he said. Thought you'd cheat me out of dozen eggs, did you? But caught you just in time to save them-fve times twelve are sixty-t dozen punches of fre-crackers in one nest! Ain't you just patriotic, though! I'll show you tomorrow what Fourth of July means. just to pay up for sneakingr
 If had not been so distressed at the robbery of my nest, I should have thought more of his threat, although, of course, I could only guess what he intended to do.
 The next morning I was walking around, broken-hearted, when Fritz and several other boys came to the barnyard, where was talking with the other ladies and gentlemen of my acquaintance.
 ''Therer said Fritz-' there's the old hen that laid my Fourth of July. I got over two dollars for her eggs. She tried to hide away a dozen, but I found them yesterday, and so was sixty cents ahead. She didn't know they were loaded with ire-crackersr'
 With that they all laughed
 "Now let's let her see what her eggs matched out for mer'
 And with that Fritz and the other boys began to throw at us those little red worms that went SizzLe -bangL- until I thought we would all die of fright. I soon found a safe place under the shed, where stayed till the boys had gone. But I shall never be thankful enough that Fritz took those eggs from my nest before they matched; for if they had gone sizzleA6angA while I was covering them, where would have been now?-E. H. Traf- ton, in Christian Union.